For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, PLANNING, BUSINESS, AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO-- January 31, 2005--Chicago-Kent College of Law, the Stuart Graduate School
of Business and the Center for Financial Markets have experts available to discuss current issues.
To reach any of our experts, call Gwen Osborne, director
of public affairs, at (312) 906-5251. Copies of press releases and earlier advisories are available
on our Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/news/advisory.
President Bush will deliver his “State of the Union” address Wednesday night
to a joint session of Congress. Chicago-Kent professor Henry
H. Perritt, Jr. is available to discuss U.S. foreign policy issues.
Jury selection will begin today in the trial of Michael Jackson. The singer is accused of
child molestation, conspiracy and illegal use of alcohol with a minor. Chicago-Kent professors
Douglas W. Godfrey and Richard S. Kling are
available to comment on the case. Professor Godfrey is a former prosecutor in the Kings County (New
York) District Attorney's office who served in the sex crimes and homicide bureaus. Professor Kling
is a criminal defense attorney. He is the author of The Confrontation Clause and Illinois' Hearsay
Exception for Child Sex Abuse Victims and the co-author of Handling Child
Witnesses.
“The principle of ‘you break it, you own it,’” applies in the case of
the U.S.’ armed intervention in Iraq, says professor Bartram
S. Brown, co-director of Chicago-Kent’s program in international and comparative law.
In a new law review article, he says, “By invading and occupying Iraq, and then attempting
to establish a pro-U.S. democracy, the United States government accepted potentially open-ended
legal responsibility.” Professor Brown is available for interviews about issues raised in
his article and about the Iraqi elections.
Super Bowl XXXIX will be played in Jacksonville on February 6. More money is wagered on
the Super Bowl than on any other sporting event. Hundreds of Internet gambling sites offer bettors
a chance to bet on everything from the coin toss to the final outcome of the game. Are these sites
legal? What state or federal laws protect online gamblers? Chicago-Kent Dean Harold J. Krent is
available to discuss civil and criminal liability, privacy issues and jurisdictional issues related
to online gambling.
The Federal Reserve’s policymakers are expected to raise interest rates for the sixth
time since June 2004 when they meet this week. On February 16, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
Greenspan will testify before the Senate Banking Committee on the semiannual report on monetary
policy. Professor Robert
Laurent of Stuart Graduate School of Business is a former senior economist with the Federal
Reserve Bank of Chicago where he participated in regular briefings and policy recommendations regarding
U.S. monetary policy. Professor Laurent is available for interviews about the Fed’s actions
and monetary policy.
Chicago-Kent is hosting the regional tournament of the 2005 National Trial Competition at
the Daley Center February 2-4. Teams from law schools in Illinois and Indiana will compete and judges
from the Cook County, Illinois Appellate and Illinois State Supreme courts will participate. The
winners of the regional competitions will vie for the national championship in Austin, Tex., in
March. Experts are available to discuss Chicago-Kent’s award-winning trial advocacy program.
Downtown Campus Events:
February 17: Legal Diversions or Legal Solutions: The Draft Annex 2001 Agreements and the Future
of the Great Lakes Basin. Scholars, policymakers and “knowledgeable observers” will
participate in this one-day workshop on the legal and environmental issues related to the proposed
Great Lakes Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement. One-fifth of the world's fresh surface
water supply is within the five Great Lakes. More than 40 million people depend upon the lakes for
drinking water. Officials from the eight states and two Canadian provinces that surround the Great
Lakes — Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ontario
and Quebec — are working together to determine a course of action through amending the existing
Great Lakes Charter. This program is co-sponsored by Chicago-Kent’s Global Law and Policy
Initiative and the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre for International Studies Program on
Water Issues. For more information, contact Lydia Lazar, (312) 906-5012.
February 18: Presidential Powers, a new book by Chicago-Kent
dean Harold J. Krent, will be the focus of a program sponsored by the law school’s
Institute for Law and the Humanities. The program, which is open to the public, will be held from
1:30 to 4 p.m. in the 10th floor event room. Dean Krent will begin the program with a discussion
of the presidency and the administrative state. Following will be commentary by Chicago-Kent professor
Henry H. Perritt, Jr., and Professor John Roberts of DePaul University School of Law.
A reception will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. For more information, call (312) 906-5192.
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